Two shore-end cable samples and telegraph recorder tape, 1926

Made:
1926 in Woolwich
maker:
Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, Siemens Brothers & Company
Shore-end Cable Samples from the laying of the 1926 Pacific Continuously Loaded Transmission Core from the Suva-Fanning Non-loaded earth core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of

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Shore-end Cable Samples from the laying of the 1926 Pacific
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Continuously Loaded Transmission Core from the Suva-Fanning
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Non-loaded earth core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Shore-end Cable Samples and Telegraph Recorder Tape from the laying of the 1926 Pacific Cable, made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926. Recovered from Suva Point Cable House, Fiji, in 1956

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
1993-272
Materials:
resin (unidentified), copper (alloy), metal (unknown) and canvas
type:
cables
credit:
Bird, S.G.

Parts

Non-loaded earth core Pacific cable, 1926

Non-loaded earth core Pacific cable, 1926

Non-loaded earth core from the Suva-Fanning Island section of the Pacific Cable of 1926 ( Shore-end), made by Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, probably Woolwich, London, England, 1926

Measurements:
overall:
Materials:
copper (alloy) , resin (unidentified) and canvas
Object Number:
1993-272 Pt2
type:
cable
Sample of Hand-sent Cable Code Telegraph Recorder Tape

Sample of Hand-sent Cable Code Telegraph Recorder Tape

Sample of Hand-sent Cable Code Telegraph Recorder Tape, relating to the laying of the 1926 Pacific Cable, found in Suva Point Cable House in 1956

Object Number:
1993-272 Pt3
type:
samples